Connecticut western news., 1887-08-31
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS.

DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS. Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns. James D. Fish, the ex-president of the de- funct Marine Bank, who is . resident of the Auburn, N. r., prison, has entirely recovered his health.
 The Society of the Army of West Virginia has elected Major-Gen. Crook President.
 William Montgomery, who fatally shot Iona Kittson in Owen, Ky, three months ago, is trying to starve himself to death in jail at Louisville.
 Warden Patten of the Southern Indiana Penitentiary, who allowed the convict Treasurer Hollingsworth to appear at liberty upon the public streets, has been fined SIS. While the Salvation Army were celebrat- ing their fifth annual jubilee at Quebec, they were attacked by ruf6anly mob with sticks and stones. Fifteen members of the army were seriously injured and many more slightly hurt. Judge Daniel Goodwin. who has been called the Nestor of the Michigan Bench, IS dead.
 Prof H. G. widney and Lulu Haynes, . .4n-year old daughter of Henry Haynes, of Excelsior wcre drowned in Lake Mlnnetonka; near St. Paul. Prof. Widney lost his life while endeavorlng 10 rescue tne S1Ti 6uu HIS own two children.
 Gov Lounsbury of Connecticut announces that he will call no special session of the Legislature.
 "A race war is in progress in Lonoke coun- ty, Ark. Six whites and four blacks have been killed. A number of the latter are under ar- rest, and a mob of 100 negroes has been or ganized to rescue them. Fifty whites are under arms to guard the prisoners.
 Mir. KaufmAnn of New York achieved brilliant successes in the bicycle tournament at Frankfort.
 The Illinois Central Railroad Company has begun the construction of an iron bridge across the Ohio River at Cairo, Ill. It will cost $4, ,OOO, 900.
 Register Brocker, of Beaver Falls Beaver county, Pa., has received . letter from Mrs. Grover Cleveland stating that she Is getting up genealogical tree of the Presidents fam fly. She thinks she has traced some of them into Beaver county and wants information concerning them. She was referred to Ira Cleveland, Justice of the Peace at Freedom. -Marks's Hotel at Fort Arthur, Man, was burned. Loss, &20, 900. printer named kstern from winnepeg was seriously hurt by falling timbers.
 An agent for an insurance company of Hartford is at Peoria, settling up the losses to the company for the Chatsworth disaster. The amount is a little over $50, 900.
 The Chicago Knight Templars have do eided to e1pel McGarigle, the fugitive bood- Ter.
 Among the participants in the interna- t1onal encampment at Chicago in October will be ten officers and forty sub-offcers of the Belgian Guards. Denmark and Sweden will also send representatives.
 The old wrights' Corners Hotel in Niaga- ra county, N. r., where Morgan, who exposed masonry, was confined before his final dsap- pearance, has been destroyed by fire.
 In A drllnken ouarrel at Clinton Mass Michael Flanagan was seriously and, it is 1earcd, fatally stabbed. His supposed assail- ant, Bartholomew Coyne, was arrested, but denies all knowledge of the stabbing.
 Ms. Lucy McSheeny, alias bowman, alias Todd, etc, to the extent of seven husbands, is in jail at Bridgeport Conn.,, awaiting trial for bigamy.
 In Lebanon, Pa, Hiram Bosshore, aged Fl years, deliberately and without cause shot Jimmy Wilson, aged 5yea's, causing his death. Boeshore says he didn't know his revolver was loaded The boys were playing in the street. The trial of the murderers of Editor Gam breii of Jackson, Miss, has been postponed until February. An attempt will be made to secure the release of the prisoners on bail.
 Col. c. Rodney Leyton, U. s. A., died at hehoboth, Del, aged 61.
 The business portion of Degran, Logan county, Ohio, place of 200 inhabitants was burned, and several residences were also des- troyed. Loss, $30,00O
 Emanuel Zwalley and Harry Fisher, aged 14 years, were drowned in Conestoga Creek at Levan's Mill, Pa. Fisher was drowning and Zwalley attempted 10 save him, when both were carrie1 down.
 Sheriff Kendall has collected 15O cowboys and intends to give Colorow . battle. Several companies of State militia have arrived at Mceker.
 A passenger train on the Santa Fe Rail- road ran over calf near Valley Mills, causing thDa xx~xwx. k-I- pietely demolished. Two engineers and fire man were badly scalded, one of the former named Sweeny, probably fatally. None of the passengers were injured.
 E. R. Bennett, of Columbus, O., who was visiting Chattanooga with his wife for the erty, has disappeared. He was supposed to have considerable snm of money.
 The remains of the late Mormon Presi- dent, hn Taylor, have been placed in per mancnt tomb. The vault is built of blocks of granite bound together with heavy steel bolts. The remains of numerous Mrs. Taylors have been placed beside those of the dead Presi- dent.
 The statement that General Master Work man Powderly and ex-Governor Alger of Mich igsn are members of the alleged new Know Nothing party is denied
 Charles Parker, w'o robbed Paymaster Bush, U. s. A., of s10,00o, arraigned in Omaha, and held in default of S7,500 bail.
 Tho British steamship Propitious has ar- rived at Baltimore having been badly dam aged by cyclone of Cape Hen V, during which her commander, Capt. Nicholas, was swept overheard and lost.
 -Cornell University will appeal from the adverse decision of the General Term in the matter of the McGraw-Fisae will.
 Thomas Mcdonald aged 65 years, was kil ed on the railroad near B nghamto'. He was an inmate of the Soldiers Home at Bath, and was going from there to visit his sister in New Jersey.
 Thousands of South Carolinians are threat eped with starvation because of the destruc- tion of the rice crop by floods.
 John Parker, & farmer living near Sioux City. la, got drunk in that city last January and while driving home fell from his wagon and was Ri led. His heirs have sued the sa- loonist who sold him the liquor for S12, 900 damages.
 .-Mrs- Sarah H. Dodge has been arrested at Gardner, H., charged with murdering Mir. Babcock, the wealthy Chicago lumberman, who was mysteriously shot.
 Judge Nelson of Texas has refused to ex- tradite E1ito- Gorza of Eagle Pass who is wanted by the authorities of Coahuila, Mexico becanse the Mexicans want to put him to death.
 Edward Guthman. of New York, h,s per freted o. o.ganiza:ions of Germans in Rochester, Eimira, and Buffalo, whose object is to secure tie repeal of the Beer and Music laws and other sumptuary statutes. He proposes to form similar organizations in every town in the State.
 -Reece Hullinger and Chris. Sisson, while boring we'll at Marion, Ind st nck flow of gas. They were overcome by the deadly vapor and died before they could be rescued.
 Alexander McArthur. who started two months ago to find the North Pole, under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institute and hn rpfn isiyx he i'm hay